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Wait. So what am I supposed to do now? You know, Jin, I would have saved myself from five hundred years' imprisonment beneath a mountain of rock had I only realized how good it is to be a monkey. (222-223)

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Gene Luen Yang
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 9
Graphic Novelist
Novelist
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University Teacher
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Alameda County
California
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